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2016 Men's Soccer Roster

10 Gabriel Cavalcante

  • Position Midfielder
  • Ht./Wt. 6-0 / 170
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Curitiba, Brazil
  • Prev School Bom Jesus Lourdes (Northeast Texas CC)
  • Major Finance

Biography
The Cavalcante File
Parents: Paulo Cavalcante and Heloisa Lemos Leal
Birthday: Oct. 3, 1994
Major: Economics
Honors
D2CCA All-American
2016 (3rd)
NSCAA All-South Central Region
2016 (1st)
D2CCA All-South Central Region
2016 (1st)
Heartland Conference Player of the Year
2016
All-Heartland Conference
2016 (1st)
Heartland Conf. Offensive Player of the Week
10/10/16
Statistics
2015
2016
At Midwestern State

Senior (2016)
- garnered Division II Conference Commissioner's Association (D2CCA) Third Team All-America honors after ranking second in the Heartland Conference with 22 points and first with eight assists from his midfield position.
- named Heartland Conference Player of the Year while collecting first team all-region honors from the D2CCA and NSCAA.
- ranked 19th in NCAA Division II with five game-winning goals and came in 33rd in assists.
- ranked second on the squad with seven goals scored.
- registered a career-high two goals scored in a 5-0 shutout of UT Permian Basin (10/8/16), placing four of his five shots on goal, to be named Heartland Conference Offensive Player of the Week.
- netted the game winner in the 86th minute in a come-from-behind victory at Fort Lewis (Colo.) (9/2/16).
- punched in the game-winning goal against St. Mary's (Texas) (10/1/16) in the 69th minute.
- recorded the lone goal in the eighth minute in a 1-0 upset at No. 3 St. Edward's (Texas) (10/20/16).
- tallied an assist in the NCAA II South Central Regional final victory over No. 7 St. Edward's (11/18/16) in La Jolla, Calif. 
- registered assists in three-straight games from Sept. 15-Sept. 22. 
- put 19 of his 45 shots on target (.422).

Junior (2015) 
- played in all 19 contests with two starts in the midfield.
- ranked fifth on the team with four goals and five assists and sixth with 13 points.
- scored his first career goal with the Mustangs in the 88th minute of a 3-1 season-opening win over Fort Lewis (9/4/15).
- netted the equalizer in the 78th minute in a 3-2 comeback win over No. 6 St. Edward’s (10/8/15).
- also scored goals against Southern Nazarene (9/10/15) and Ouachita Baptist (9/13/15).
- posted a season-high three points against Ouachita Baptist.
- assisted on goals by Albert Rodriguez and Flavio Guzman in the final 10 minutes of a 4-1 win at Texas A&M International (10/22/15).
- also recorded assists against Newman (9/20/15) and against Colorado Mesa (11/15/15) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
- placed nine of his 21 shots on goal (.429). 

At Northeast Texas CC

Sophomore (2014)
- helped Eagles to an NJCAA Division II Region XIV championship and a national tournament appearance on the way to a 17-4-2 record.
- started each of NTCC's 23 matches in the midfield.
- accounted for five goals and five assists for a total of 15 points.
- placed 18 of his 37 shots on frame (.486).
- successfully converted two penalty kicks.
- tallied points in four consecutive matches and in six of seven from Aug.29-Sept. 20.
- scored a goal and dished out two assists in a 9-0 win over Murray State (Okla.) (8/29/14).

Freshman (2013)
- helped team to a 14-7 record as the Eagles' No. 2 scoring option.
- netted 11 goals and dished out eight assists for a total of 20 points.
- placed 25 of his 37 shots on frame (.578).
- ranked eighth in NJCAA Division II in assists and was 11th in goals scored.
- tallied two goals including the game winner in a 3-2 win over Ranger College (10/1/13).
- scored the game-winning goal and assisted on another tally in a 3-2 decision over Jacksonville College (9/20/13).
- accounted for two goals and two assists in a 9-0 rout of Southwest Adventist (9/14/13).

At Bom Jesus Lourdes
- attended high school at Bom Jesus Lourdes in Curitiba, Brazil.

Statistics

Season:
2016

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2015Junior

    Midfielder
    5'11" 165 lbs
    6
  • 10

    2016Senior

    Midfielder
    6'0" 170 lbs
    10